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Sun Outage Prediction
What is a Sun Outage and how will it affect me?
Sun outages are natural phenomenon that occurs when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. The sun’s energy interferes with the satellite’s signal and affects the signals received by the earth station. The affected signals may lead to poor or no reception of channels relying on the affected satellites.
StarHub TV receives most of our channels via satellite before broadcasting them to homes. Satellite transmission is subject to these environmental factors which are beyond the control of the broadcaster.
How often do sun outages occur?
Sun outages occur when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. Such a phenomenon will typically occur twice a year for each satellite. As our channels are received from different satellite sources, different channels may be affected at different times of the year.
What channels will be affected by the September 2022 Sun Outage?
Some satellites will experience transmission interference between 21 September 2022 to 26 September 2022. You may refer to the list below for the projected downtime (up to 2-10 mins.) of channels that are being transmitted by the affected satellites.
| Apstar 5 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| CinemaWorld HD HBO Family HD HBO HD HBO Hits HD HBO Signature HD | 21 Sep 2022 | 10:17 AM | 10:21 AM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 10:15 AM | 10:22 AM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 10:14 AM | 10:23 AM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 10:14 AM | 10:22 AM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 10:14 AM | 10:21 AM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 10:15 AM | 10:19 AM |
| Apstar 7 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| Animax HD Baby First Cinemax HD GMA Life TV GMA News TV International GMA Pinoy TV Nat Geo Wild HD National Geographic HD NBA TV HD STAR Chinese Channel HD | 21 Sep 2022 | 3:03 PM | 3:08 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 3:01 PM | 3:09 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 3:00 PM | 3:09 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 3:00 PM | 3:08 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 3:00 PM | 3:07 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 3:02 PM | 3:05 PM | ||
| Asiasat 5 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| Euro News TV TV5MONDE Asie HD | 21-Sep-2022 | 1:11 PM | 1:16 PM | |
| 22-Sep-2022 | 1:09 PM | 1:17 PM | ||
| 23-Sep-2022 | 1:08 PM | 1:17 PM | ||
| 24-Sep-2022 | 1:08 PM | 1:16 PM | ||
| 25-Sep-2022 | 1:08 PM | 1:16 PM | ||
| 26-Sep-2022 | 1:09 PM | 1:14 PM |
| Asiasat 7 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| Asianet Asianet Movies Boomerang HD Cartoon Network CNN HD DW (Deutsch) FOX News Channel HD Phoenix Chinese Channel HD Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD STAR Chinese Movies Legend WarnerTV HD Zee Cinema Zee TV | 21 Sep 2022 | 12:48 PM | 12:52 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 12:46 PM | 12:52 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 12:45 PM | 12:54 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 12:45 PM | 12:53 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 12:45 PM | 12:52 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 12:46 PM | 12:50 PM |
| Asiasat 9 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| CTI TV HD TVB Xing He TVBS Asia TVBS-NEWS HD TVN | 21 Sep 2022 | 11:31 AM | 11:35 AM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 11:29 AM | 11:36 AM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 11:28 AM | 11:36 AM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 11:27 AM | 11:36 AM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 11:28 AM | 11:35 AM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 11:29 AM | 11:33 AM |
| Chinasat 6A | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| CCTV-4 HD | 21 Sep 2022 | 11:16 AM | 11:21 AM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 11:14 AM | 11:22 AM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 11:14 AM | 11:22 AM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 11:13 AM | 11:22 AM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 11:13 AM | 11:21 AM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 11:15 AM | 11:19 AM |
| Chinasat 6B | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| CGTN | 21 Sep 2022 | 12:01 PM | 12:05 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 11:49 AM | 12:06 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 11:58 AM | 12:06 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 11:57 AM | 12:06 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 11:58 AM | 12:05 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 11:59 AM | 12:03 PM |
| IS 17 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| NDTV 24x7 Sony Entertainment Television SONY Max Vijay | 21 Sep 2022 | 3:51 PM | 3:56 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 3:49 PM | 3:57 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 3:48 PM | 3:56 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 3:48 PM | 3:55 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 3:48 PM | 3:53 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 3:50 PM | 4:09 PM |
| IS 19 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| ANC BBC World News HD Cinema One Global CNBC Backup MTV Asia NHK World Premium HD NHK World TV Nick JR Nickelodeon HD The Filipino Channel Paramount Network | 21 Sep 2022 | 8:14 AM | 8:18 AM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 8:12 AM | 8:20 AM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 8:11 AM | 8:20 AM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 8:11 AM | 8:20 AM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 8:11 AM | 8:19 AM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 8:12 AM | 8:17 AM |
| IS 20 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| ABC Australia Arirang TV COLORS KBS World HD Travelxp HD | 21 Sep 2022 | 3:39 PM | 3:45 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 3:38 PM | 3:45 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 3:37 PM | 3:46 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 3:37 PM | 3:45 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 3:37 PM | 3:44 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 3:39 PM | 3:42 PM |
| Measat 3 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
| Astro Warna BBC Earth HD BBC Lifestyle HD BeIN Sports 2 Blue Ant Entertainment HD Celestial Classic Movies Crime + Investigation HD DreamWorks Channel HD FIGHT Sports HD GEM HD HISTORY HD HITS HD HITS Movies HD Lifetime HD Love Nature Channel HD SKY News HD Smithsonian Channel HD Sony Entertainment Television SONY Max SPOTV SPOTV2 | 21 Sep 2022 | 1:53 PM | 1:58 PM | |
| 22 Sep 2022 | 1:52 PM | 1:59 PM | ||
| 23 Sep 2022 | 1:51 PM | 1:59 PM | ||
| 24 Sep 2022 | 1:50 PM | 1:59 PM | ||
| 25 Sep 2022 | 1:51 PM | 1:58 PM | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 1:52 PM | 1:56 PM |